

TABLES. 



I. Table of the expansive force of steam in pounds per square inch, for tem- 

 peratures above 212 Fahrenheit, 335 



II. Table of the quantity of vapor contained in atmospheric air at different 

 temperatures, when saturated, 336 



III. Table of the expansion of air and other gases by heat, when perfectly 

 free from vapor, 337 



IV. Table of specific gravity and expansion of water at different temper- 

 atures 338 



V. Table of specific heat, specific gravity, and expansion by heat of different 

 bodies, 339 



VI. Table of the effects of heat, 340 



VII. Table of the quantity of water contained in 100 feet of pipe of different 

 diameters, 341 



VIII. Table showing the effects of wind in cooling glass, 341 



IX. Experiments on the cooling effect of windows, 342 



X. Weights of watery vapor in one cubic foot of air, at dew points from to 

 100 Fahrenheit, 344 



XI. Dalton's table of the force of vapor, from 32 to 80, 345 



XII. Table for ascertaining dew point by observations on the wet and dry 

 bulb thermometer, 346 



XIII. Table of the analysis of confined air, 348 



XIV. Constitution of the atmosphere ; consumption of oxygen, and formation 

 of carbonic acid, -. 349 



XV. Table of mean temperatures of the hottest and coldest months, . . 350 



XVI. Mean temperature of the earth and of the atmosphere, 351 



XVII. Specific gravity of different kinds of timber, 352 



XVIII. Solutions for the impregnation of wood which is exposed to the at- 

 mosphere, for the purpose of preserving it from decay, 353 



XIX. Heating power of different lunds of wood, drawn from the quantity 

 of oxygen required to burn them, 354 



XX. Difference of weight of two columns of water, each one foot high, at 

 various temperatures, 455 



